2001: The Year in Statistics - Test Matches

The official statistician of the BCCI looks back at the year that was and comes up with some very interesting statistics.

A complete statistical breakdown of the Test matches that took place in the past year.

Statistics for ODI matches

Series held during the year:
Series	Teams	Matches	Result
2000-01	Australia v West Indies	1	Australia 1-0
2000-01	South Africa v Sri Lanka	2	South Africa 2-0
2000-01	Sri Lanka v England	3	England 2-1
2000-01	India v Australia	3	India 2-1
2000-01	New Zealand v Pakistan	3	Draw 1-1
2000-01	West Indies v South Africa	5	South Africa 2-1
2000-01	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	2	Zimbabwe 2-0
2001	England v Pakistan	2	Draw 1-1
2001-02	Zimbabwe v India	2	Draw 1-1
2001	England v Australia	5	Australia 4-1
2001-02	Zimbabwe v West Indies	2	West Indies 1-0
2001-02	Sri Lanka v India	3	Sri Lanka 2-1
2001-02	Pakistan v Bangladesh	1	Pakistan 1-0
2001-02	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	1	Sri Lanka 1-0
2001-02	Zimbabwe v South Africa	2	South Africa 1-0
2001-02	South Africa v India	2	South Africa 1-0
2001-02	Australia v New Zealand	3	Draw 0-0
2001-02	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	2	Zimbabwe 1-0
2001-02	Sri Lanka v West Indies	3	Sri Lanka 3-0
2001-02	India v England	3	India 1-0
2001-02	Australia v South Africa	2	Australia 2-0
2001-02	New Zealand v Bangladesh	2	New Zealand 2-0
2001-02	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	1	Sri Lanka 1-0

Most Test appearences for the year
Player	M	For	Inn	Runs	Ave
AC Gilchrist	14	Australia	19	870	51.18
ML Hayden	14	Australia	25	1391	63.23
GD McGrath	14	Australia	13	76	15.20
RT Ponting	14	Australia	24	772	38.60
ME Waugh	14	Australia	22	854	44.95
MS Atapattu	13	Sri Lanka	22	859	47.72
MV Boucher	13	South Africa	18	492	28.94
SS Das	13	India	24	830	36.09
RS Dravid	13	India	23	935	46.75
SC Ganguly	13	India	23	444	22.20
HH Gibbs	13	South Africa	22	1124	53.52
JN Gillespie	13	Australia	14	121	11.00
ST Jayasuriya	13	Sri Lanka	22	663	34.89
DPM Jayawardene	13	Sri Lanka	19	1053	55.42
JH Kallis	13	South Africa	23	1120	70.00
ND McKenzie	13	South Africa	20	839	41.95
SM Pollock	13	South Africa	18	573	52.09
K Sangakkara	13	Sri Lanka	19	992	55.11
ME Trescothick	13	England	25	972	40.50
SK Warne	13	Australia	16	312	19.50
SR Waugh	13	Australia	19	894	52.59
RP Arnold	12	Sri Lanka	18	374	22.00
Harbhajan Singh	12	India	18	224	14.93
G Kirsten	12	South Africa	22	804	40.20
L Klusener	12	South Africa	19	400	23.53
M Muralitharan	12	Sri Lanka	12	121	15.13
WPUJ Vaas	12	Sri Lanka	15	279	21.46
GW Flower	11	Zimbabwe	18	461	27.12
M Ntini	11	South Africa	10	79	8.78
HH Streak	11	Zimbabwe	17	528	40.62
MA Atherton	10	England	19	448	23.58
AR Caddick	10	England	16	115	8.21
DD Ebrahim	10	Zimbabwe	18	424	23.56
CH Gayle	10	West Indies	19	613	34.06
D Gough	10	England	16	134	12.18
CL Hooper	10	West Indies	18	713	41.94
N Hussain	10	England	18	568	33.41
RD Jacobs	10	West Indies	19	489	37.62
JL Langer	10	Australia	17	822	54.80
VVS Laxman	10	India	16	869	54.31
B Lee	10	Australia	9	178	19.78
DR Martyn	10	Australia	14	658	65.80
MN Samuels	10	West Indies	18	391	21.72
RR Sarwan	10	West Indies	19	782	43.44
AJ Stewart	10	England	18	502	33.47
SR Tendulkar	10	India	18	1003	62.69

Captains courageous - their records for the year
Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Ct	St
JC Adams - WI	1	2	0	15	10	7.50	-	-	-	1	-
MA Atherton - Eng	2	4	0	108	51	27.00	-	1	1	3	-
SV Carlisle - Zim	2	4	0	56	32	14.00	-	-	1	1	-
SP Fleming - NZ	8	11	1	476	105	47.60	1	5	1	9	-
SC Ganguly - Ind	13	23	3	444	98*	22.20	-	1	2	5	-
AC Gilchrist - Aus	1	1	0	19	19	19.00	-	-	-	7	-
CL Hooper - WI	10	18	1	713	149	41.94	1	6	-	9	-
N Hussain - Eng	10	18	1	568	109	33.41	1	5	1	5	-
Inzamam-ul-Haq - Pak	1	2	0	25	20	12.50	-	-	-	-	-
ST Jayasuriya - SL	13	22	3	663	111	34.89	1	4	2	13	-
Khaled Masud - Bang	2	4	2	41	19*	20.50	-	-	-	5	-
Moin Khan - Pak	2	2	0	75	47	37.50	-	-	-	3	-
BA Murphy - Zim	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	-	-	-	1	-
Naimur Rahman - Bang	6	11	0	186	48	16.91	-	-	1	2	-
SM Pollock - SA	13	18	7	573	111	52.09	2	1	2	15	-
AJ Stewart - Eng	1	2	1	58	39*	58.00	-	-	-	3	-
HH Streak - Zim	8	13	1	385	87	32.08	-	3	-	3	-
Waqar Younis - Pak	3	4	1	40	21	13.33	-	-	1	1	-
SR Waugh - Aus	13	19	2	894	157*	52.59	4	2	1	9	-

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